'I was enraptured by this book. The Body Builders exhibits Albertine Clarke's remarkable gifts - the boldness and precision of her imagination, the breadth of her ethical and intellectual concerns. She is a fearless writer, and I felt a shiver of admiration as I read every page' KATIE KITAMURA'If Philip K. Dick had written The Bell Jar, it may have resembled The Body Builders - at once smooth as android skin and sharp as shards of...

“If Philip K. Dick had written The Bell Jar” (Camille Bordas) it would resemble Albertine Clarke's mesmerizing debut about the frayed borders between our bodies and minds.Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Debutiful, Lit Hub, and Our CultureAda lives a solitary life. She spends her days in her London apartment building's swimming pool, occasionally visiting with her cousin Francesca and meeting her friends, each of t...

Bloomsbury presents The Body Builders by Albertine Clarke, read by Ebony Jonelle.For readers of Megan Nolan and Sheila Heti, a mesmerizing Borgesian literary debut about the frayed borders between our bodies and minds.Ada lives a solitary life. She spends her days in her London apartment building’s swimming pool, occasionally visiting with her cousin Francesca and meeting her friends, each of them chatting, drinking, posing invitat...